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Humans of the Himalayas : The Wakhi People

Wakhi Girls

Wakhi Girls

Living literally on the Roof of the World or the Bam-I-Duniya are the Wakhi people, who predominantly live in the Wakhan Corridor, the narrow strip of Afghan territory that traditionally separated the British Empire from Tsarist Russia in days of the old. Also called the Khik at present they live in the Wakhan of today's Badakhshan region located in northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.

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tags: wakhan, afghanistan, wakhi, pamirs
categories: Himalayan People
Saturday 07.28.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Buzkashi

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Buzkashi, which literally means"goat pulling" in Persian, probably originated in the wilds of Central Asia in the days of the Central Asian Horse empires. Its is still played in that nursery of the feared Mongols, the fore bearers of all the Turkic tribes, in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. It is said that the Great Khan himself, Genghis Khan made this game up as an exercise to strengthen the legs of his soldiers for war.

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tags: buzkashi, rambo, steppes, chingis khan, genghis khan, horsemen, afghanistan
categories: Himalayan Tales
Sunday 04.01.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

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